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Webster 1913 Edition


Daggle

Dag′gle

(dăg′g’l)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Daggled
(-g’ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Daggling
(-glĭng)
.]
[Freq. of
dag
, v. t., 1.]
To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
The warrior’s very plume, I say,
Was
daggled
by the dashing spray.
Sir W. Scott.

Dag′gle

,
Verb.
I.
To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Daggle

DAG'GLE

,
Verb.
T.
To trail in mud or wet grass; to befoul; to dirty, as the lower end of a garment.

DAG'GLE

,
Verb.
I.
To run through mud and water.

Definition 2024


daggle

daggle

English

Verb

daggle (third-person singular simple present daggles, present participle daggling, simple past and past participle daggled)

  1. (intransitive) To run, go, or trail oneself through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
    • Alexander Pope
      Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.
  2. (transitive) To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      The warrior's very plume, I say, / Was daggled by the dashing spray.